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SF 576 Senate Long Description

Relating to gambling and the state lottery, providing for gaming +machines at the racetrack (racino); defining or redefining certain terms under +the state lottery relating to gaming machines; authorizing and providing for +the director of the state lottery to enter into a gaming machine location contract+ with a holder of a class A racetrack license for placement at an existing +racetrack, specifying certain contract requirements relating to racetrack, city +and county compensation; specifying certain requirements for gaming machines and+ requiring the director to specify the games allowed to be placed on the +machines and to examine or contract for the examination of machine prototypes; +providing for the testing of machines; specifying certain requirements of persons +claiming prizes; prohibiting play by minors and lottery employees and +families; specifying certain compulsive gambling notice posting requirements of+ the director, requiring the director and the location provider to +establish a proactive plan to identify problem gamblers and take appropriate +action; prohibiting local license requirements and restrictions; requiring a +certain percentage of adjusted gross gaming machine revenues to be set aside +by the licensee for purses for live horse races, requiring transfer of a +certain portion to the racing commission for races for Minnesota +thoroughbred, quarterhorse and standardbred categories, authorizing the licensee +and the horsepersons organization to negotiate different percentages upon +filing of an agreement with the commission; imposing an in lieu sales tax on +adjusted gross revenue from the machines; exempting the machines from gambling +device license requirements and authorizing sale of the devices to the state +lottery; excluding the purchase of gaming machine plays from the provision +allowing recovery through civil action of money lost to gambling debts and +from the definition of bets for gambling crimes purposes (ja)